Key combination to set track length in increments of 16?

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#1

Hello,

I’m new here and learning to use the Digitakt, very promissing so far!

While reading the manual to learn it, I came across this: On page 32, in the Scales section, it says “press [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] to set the track length in increments of 16”.

Am I missing something or is the manual not accurate? Is there an actual shortcut for that?

#2

You need to be in Scale Settings view for that to work - press [FUNC] + [PAGE] to open the Scale settings, then [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] to set the track length in increments of 16.

#3

Thanks for the answer.

I am in the Scale Settings view, I see the Length and Scale values. I tried both in Pattern mode and Track mode: I press and hold [FUNC], press [UP] or [DOWN] and the increment is 1…

#4

Oh, I just found out that holding [FUNC] and turning the E encoder does increase/decrease in 16 increments!

Is it different for you?

#5

that’s odd. works fine here.
another option: while in Scale Settings you can tap PAGE (no FUNC needed) to cycle through the same values.
are you up-to-date with the DT firmware?

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#6

Thanks for the PAGE shortcut advice, great!

Weird, it says “1.11” on startup and I just installed Transfer to check, it’s indeed 1.11, which is the latest AFAIK. How can a key combination differ?

BTW, I found some online resources, if you have some to share that you find useful in terms of undocumented key combination (like this Page one), I’d appreciate you sharing!

#7

check p69-70 in the manual if you haven’t already :slight_smile:

#8

I haven’t read that far! haha.

I did have a look and that specific way to increment by 16 is not mentioned as far as see :smiley:

Anyway, still weird that [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] doesn’t work here…

#9

Thanks a lot for your help :pray:

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#10

heh, good point! i assumed it was in there…

#11

I checked the manual and indeed says something wrong. I guess it is not up to date? anyways you already found two other ways of doing what you wanted to do.

Unfortunately that happens often, I just checked the pages 69-70, and I found something else that is not working as it is written, I guess it has been updated:

[FUNC] + [LEFT/RIGHT] to nudge tempo (when sequencer is playing).

for that, you dont need to press [FUNC] anymore.

check this for more tips and tricks.

#12

calling @eangman !

#13

Thanks, I did find this one, it’s a great resource!

#14

Nananananananana Eangman!

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#15

Fixed the “[FUNC] + [LEFT/RIGHT] to nudge tempo (when sequencer is playing” thingie in the manuals. As you say, [FUNC] is not needed to perform this operation. The same goes for Digitone so I have fixed those manuals too. Thanks for pointing it out :slight_smile:

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#16

Elektron manual history was made here today, and I got to witness it…wow.

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#17

Don’t you hold FUNC + turn encoder E on the FUNC + Page (Scale) page?

That’ll give you incr of 16 steps.

#18

Yes that’s what I figured earlier in the thread. Or press the PAGE button to cycle through 16/32/48/64.

@eangman have you also seen these points? I believe the manual is wrong as well for using increments of 16 steps. The manual says “press [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN]" and it doesn’t work. The two methods above work though.

Thanks for your care, it’s wonderful!

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#19

Yes I saw that comment. I need to check that out. Im not sure if it is an error in the manual or a small bug in the firmware. Stay tuned! Thanks for taking the time to let me know :slight_smile:

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#20

Wow! Imagine how I am feeling right now :smiley: I pointed out something that now is being updated in the manual! I feel like a collaborator now. Elektron, maybe you can send me a model:cycles and I play with it after reading the manual and check if everything is right? :stuck_out_tongue:

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